Title of manuscript from cover.

Inscriptions on cover read, "John Tucke Jun." and "John Tucke Jun., Conford or Pittsfield, Mass., Pedler - fancy goods, 1755-1813/30".

This account book of peddler's records includes entries for a variety of goods sold in the years 1755 to 1757 including pins, silk, gingerbread, and paper. There are also entries, for the years 1799 to 1805, for loans made to various people and an entry for wages for labor, 1813. There is a list of the author's residences in the Pittsfield, Mass., area, 1805 to 1830, culminating with a final entry: "to Concord in our own house." The last page of the account book contains a music tune without lyrics.

John Tucke, Jr. ( - ) was a peddler who evidently traversed Berkshire County, Mass.